The Idaho Group is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.58417, -118.10806
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Idaho Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Idaho Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Luning-Idaho Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE COUNTRY ROCK IS GRANITE WITH INTRUSIVE DIKES. COPPER ORE APPEARS IN AND NEAR THE CONTACT OF TWO OF THESE DIKES AND FOR OVER A HUNDRED FEET FROM THE CONTACT. THE SILICIOUS AND BASIC INTRUSIVE ROCKS ARE COVERED IN PLACES BY LIMESTONE WHICH WAS PROBABLY THE INTRUDED ROCK AND ONLY LIES ON AND NEAR THE SURFACE. THE DIKES STRIKE A LITTLE NORTH OF WEST AND DIP SOUTH 60 DEGREES. COPPER OF VARIOUS VALUES IS FOUND ALONG THE CONTACT FOR OVER TWELVE HUNDRED FEET. THE IDAHO EXTENSION SHAFT HIT ORE ABOUT 8 FT. WIDE WITH CU-SULFIDES AND-OXIDES RUNNING 10% CU. THE ROSS SHAFT IS LOCATED ON OUTCROP OF AZURITE WHICH DIPPED OUT OF SHAFT 15 FEET, THIS ORE GAVE BETTER THAN 18% CU. ON ABE LINCOLN EXTENSION CLAIM HEMATITE AND LIMONITE CARRIES GOLD VALUES.
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF NINE CLAIMS THE CONNECTOR EXTENSION, CEVITA EXTENSION, IDAHO, IDAHO EXTENSION, NOGALES EXTENSION, TODD EXTENSION, ABE LINCOLN EXTENSION, ROBT. JR AND OREGON ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN MATTER IS WELL-DEFINED WITH A HANGING WALL OF GRANITE AND FOOTWAY OF QUARTZITE OR PORPHYRY.
Comment (Workings): ON IDAHO EXTENSION CLAIM A 17 FT. SHAFT AND 30 FT. SHAFT (CALLED ROSS SHAFT) INCLINED 80 DEGREES. 50 FT. SHAFT ON ABE LINCOLN EXTENSION
References
Reference (Deposit): PARRISH, S. F., UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): JACOBS, M. H., 1913, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): WETZEL, THOMAS A., 1910, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): TODD, ROBT. B., UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
